12/03/2007 @ 12:01AM

In Pictures: America's Greediest Cities

8. Los Angeles, Calif.

Population: 12,950,129

Forbes 400 members per 100,000, 1997-2006: 0.54

This city may like its bling, but it’s large enough that billionaires per capita make it only the eighth greediest. Ninety-year-old Kirk Kerkorian, who has a net worth of $18 billion and has owned resorts and the movie studio MGM, is among the residents. So is Viacom’s Sumner Redstone, with $7.6 billion, and movie mogul David Geffen, with $6 billion. The trickle-down effect is felt by dog therapists, personal shoppers and life coaches.